William Kendrick and Sarah Jones

William Kendrick
Born abt 1704 King William, Virginia
Occupation:  Surveyor
Parents John Kendrick and Mary Turner
Married Sarah Jones abt 1730
Died  1 Jul 1777 Bute County, North Carolina
Note:  Bute county became Warren county
Will dated 12 Jan 1776 probated in Bute County court, Nov 1777
HIS WILL
In the name of God Amen, I William Kendrick of Bute County in the Province of North Carolina being in perfect health and memory Thanks to God, and calling to mind the uncertainty of this life as knowing it is appointed to all men once to die and desirous to settle things in order to make constitute and appoint this and no other to be my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say, first and principally I give my soul to God the giver thereof in hopes to receive the same again at the Joyful Resurrection at the last day with a full and free pardon of all my sins and transgressions through the Death and merits of my blessed Savior and Redeemer Jesus Christ and my body to the earth from whence it was taken to be buried in a decent and Christian like manner, and as touching such worldly estate as the Lord in mercy hath lent me my will and desire is that the same be imployed first my will and desire is that all my just debts and funeral expenses be first paid.
Item: I leave and bequeath to my son John and James to them and each of them one shilling sterling.
Item:  I leave and bequeath to my daughters Mary, Sarah, Rebecca, and Martha to them and each of them one shilling sterling.
Item:  I leave and bequeath to my grandson Benjamin Thornton Forty Shillings Virginia money, to be paid to him when he shall arrive at the age of eighteen years.
Item:   I leave and bequeath to my son Jones all that part of my land below the  main branch running below the plantation whereon I now live it being the land my son James formerly lived on, to him and his heirs and assigns forever.
Item:  I leave and bequeath to my son Isham after my wife's death my plantation whereon I now live together with all the land thereunto belonging not before mentioned to him, his heirs and assigns forever.
Item:  I leave give and bequeath unto my son Isham aforesaid after my wife's decease my negro wench named Linder and all her increase to him and his heirs forever, and my will is that after my wife's decease the rest of my estate not before herein mentioned be equally divided between my two sons last mentioned (to wit) Jones and Isham to be divided in the effects and that nothing be sold of my estate on account of division and lastly I do nominate and appoint my well respected friend Captain Philip Burford Executor and my well beloved wife Sarah Kendrick Executrix to this my last will and testament utterly revoking and voiding all other will or wills by me made allowing this to be my last, in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 12 day of January 1776.  S/William Kendrick (SEAL)
Signed, Sealed and declared in Presence of:  John White, Druery Jackson, Benja Edwards
Bute County November Count 1777
This account of the Estate of William Kendrick deceased was returned into Court by Philip Burford esquire, one of hte Executors and on oath ordered to be recorded.  Test:  S/Thomas Machin C.C.
Sources
Book: Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L. Warner page 38, page 69-70
Historic Southern Families Volume 1 p 34
William and Mary Quarterly Vol 20 page 266
http://genforum.genealogy.com/kendrick/messages/1328.html
http://deepsouthernroots.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I525&tree=T1
Sarah Jones
Born Jul 1715 Nansemond, Suffolk, Virginia
Parents Robert Jones and Rebecca Braswell
Died Feb 1796 Warren County, North Carolina
HER WILL
In The Name of god Amen I Sarah Kendrick of the County of Warren State of North Caroline being low in health but sound in mind and disposing Memory do make this my last will & testament revoking all others of a earlier date to the purpose my soul. I recomment to Almighty god who gave me it and  my body to the Clay to be decently buried by my friend hereafter named.
I give to my (grandson) Benjamin Thornton one feather bed, 2 sheets, 1 bolster and one spotted counterpin and also one more new Counterpin and one yarn blanket and also five head of cattle now in my possession and also their increase that they may have hereafter during my life 
and I also give and bequeath to him my before named Ben Thornton one horse now called and known by the name of said Thornton and also one mare I also give and bequeath to him my said Thornton one pewter Diah, 6 plates and one bason and six spoons and one safe and one skillet and 2 flat irons and all my plantation table and one woolen wheel and two pair of collin cards and one sitting chair and all my crops of all kinds  of grain and tobo flax cotten peas and potatoes and meat of all kinds that I may die possesssed of and all the money that may be in my possession of my own property and I also give to my three daughters to be equally divided all my clothes as at the directions of my exra to wit Mary Fox, Rebecca Nicholson, Marthy Wood. I hereby Nominate and appoint Ben Thornton & Wyatt Hawkins Exrs to this my Last WIll and Testament as Witness My hand and Seal this 23rd day of May Anno Dom 1793 
Her X- Sarah Kendrick
Sources
William and Mary Quarterly Vol 20 page 266
http://deepsouthernroots.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I525&tree=T1

CHILDREN

Burwell Kendrick (not theirs)
Notation saying he isn't one of the children of this couple:  Book:  Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L. Warner (1975) page 39
James Kendrick
Born abt 1733 Isle of Wight, Virginia
Married Susannah Roberson Mar 1755
Children: John, William, James, Benjamin, Martin, Jones, Sarah
Note:  I have an extra child:  Jonathan, who may or may not belong here
Military:  Revolutionary War (Captain Richard Coleman's Company)
August 1778 Captain under Colonel Ambrose Ramsey
Also active 1779-1781
Known battles:  Briar Creek, Georgia
Died abt 1798 Wilkes County, Georgia
Sources
Military:  Book: NC Patriots 1775-1783 page 546
Book:  Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L. Warner (1975) page 39
Virginia Gen. Vol 1:Boddie p 35-36
http://deepsouthernroots.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I525&tree=T1
*Captain John Kendrick
Born 30 Jun 1735 Gloucester, King William, Virginia
Military:  Revolutionary War (Captain Richard Coleman's Company)
1776: Lieutenant under Captain Richard Stroder and Colonel Ambrose Ramsey
1781:  Lieutenant under Captain William Gholson and Colonel Ambrose Ramsey
Married Amy Fox abt 1758
Children: Mollie, William, Sarah, Keziah, John, Elizabeth, James, Obedience, Lucy
Died:  Will proven July 1811 Mecklenburg, Virginia
Sources
Military:  Book: NC Patriots 1775-1783 page 546
Book:  Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L. Warner (1975) page 39
William and Mary Quarterly Vol 20 page 266
http://deepsouthernroots.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I525&tree=T1
Mary Kendrick
Born 12 Apr 1738 Virginia
Married William Fox son of Richard Fox and Hannah Williamson
Children:  Richard
Died before 1795 Mecklenburg, Virginia
Sources
Book:  Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L. Warner (1975) page 39
http://deepsouthernroots.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I525&tree=T1
Benjamin Kendrick
Born abt 1740 Greenville, North Carolina
Sources
http://deepsouthernroots.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I525&tree=T1
Rebecca Kendrick
Born abt 1742 Edgecomb County, North Carolina
Married Mr Nicholson
Sources
Book:  Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L. Warner (1975) page 39
http://deepsouthernroots.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I525&tree=T1
Sarah Kendrick
Born abt 1744 Greenville, Edgecomb, North Carolina
Married Mr Thornton
Children:  Benjamin
Died:  pre-1796 - she is not named in her mother's will - her son is.
Sources
Book:  Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L. Warner (1975) page 39
http://deepsouthernroots.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I525&tree=T1
Martin Kendrick
Born abt 1745 Edgecomb County, North Carolina
Military:  Revolutionary War
Died:  he is not in his father's will and therefore must have died pre-1776
Sources
http://deepsouthernroots.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I525&tree=T1
Martha Kendrick
Born 7 Jan 1747 Edgecomb County, North Carolina
Married William? Alston Wood
Sources
Book:  Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L. Warner (1975) page 39
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/KENDRICK/1999-06/0928290596
http://deepsouthernroots.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I525&tree=T1
Jones Kendrick
Born abt 1750 King William, Virginia
Married Margaret
Sources
Book:  Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L. Warner (1975) page 39
http://deepsouthernroots.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I525&tree=T1
Isham Kendrick
Born abt 1753 Virginia
Military: Revolutionary War
1780-81:  Private under Captain Sterling Clark and Major Charles Davis
Known battles:  Cowpens in SC
Married 1) Elizabeth Tucker 31 Oct  1781
2) Elizabeth Duncan 17 Apr 1788 Warren, North Carolina
Children:  Alston (there are more, I just want proof)
Died 17 Mar 1818 Spartanburg, South Carolina?
Sources
Military:  Book: NC Patriots 1775-1783 page 546
Old Southern Bible Records page 179
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/KENDRICK/1999-06/0928290596
http://deepsouthernroots.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I525&tree=T1

John Patrick 1758-1816 Sarah Kendrick 1761-1833

John Patrick
Born 6 Dec 1758 Mecklenburg, Virginia
Parents: John Patrick and Mary Mason
Occupation:  Farmer
Note: he owned slaves
Married Sarah Kendrick 29 Sep 1779 Mecklenburg, Virginia
Died (will dated) 29 Aug 1819 Warren, Kentucky
In his will he mentions wife Sarah; sons James, Allen, Wiley and Green; daughter Nancy; children William, John Luke, Betsy and Polly; Sally Boseman; Grandchildren Wiatt, John, Catherine McFadden; daughter Betsy Taylor; Polly Tarrants; Appoints John Patrick (son) and William Taylor (son-in-law) executors.
Buried on his farm, six miles north of Paris, Kentucky
Sources
Book:  Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner page 25-26
http://www.taylorassociation.org/
Sarah Kendrick
Born abt 1761 Mecklenburg, Virginia
Parents: Captain John Kendrick and Amy Fox
Died 14 Mar 1833 Missouri
Note: Came over the Blue Ridge Mountains in 1798, spent a year in east Tennessee, then moved on to Bowling Green, Kentucky.  As a widow, she moved to Missouri
Sources
Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner page 25-26
1820 US Census for Warren, Kentucky page 62 (living with son, Wiley)
http://www.taylorassociation.org/

CHILDREN

William Patrick
Born 1781 Mecklenburg, Virginia
Married: Mary Patrick 2 Sep 1810 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Sources
Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner page 26
Marriage: Kentucky Marriages 1785-1979 Film 339890 Batch M01638-0 Reference #56
http://genforum.genealogy.com/patrick/messages/2503.html
Sally (Sarah) Patrick
Born 1783 Mecklenburg, Virginia
Married 1) John McFadden 22 Jul 1801 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Note:  Grooms surname spelled Mcfadin in record
Children:  Wyatt, Catherine, John
2) Jacob Bozeman 22 Jun 1808
Children: Twins:  Sarah (Sally), Silvia, Irena, Serena, William, Luke, Elmira
3) Levi Turner 10 Jan 1820 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Note:  Her name was Sarah in the record - this may not be her
Died 1828
Sources
Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner page 26
Marriage to John: Kentucky Marriages 1785-1979 Film 339890 Batch M01638-0 Reference #51
Marriage to Jacob: Book: Sketches of the Bozeman Family copied by Lou.Emma Price Riter
Marriage to Levi: Kentucky Marriages 1785-1979 Film 339890 Batch M01638-1 Pg 262 http://genforum.genealogy.com/patrick/messages/2503.html
John Patrick
Born 1785 Mecklenburg, Virginia
Married Margaret (Polly) Mitchell 8 May 1811 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Children:  George, James, John,  Martha
Sources
Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner page 26
Kentucky Marriages 1785-1979 Film 339890 Batch M01638-0 Reference #56
1820 US Census for Warren, Kentucky page 32
http://genforum.genealogy.com/patrick/messages/2503.html
Luke Patrick
Born 1787 Mecklenburg, Virginia
Married Lavena (Gwen) Cason 20 Apr 1812 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Sources
Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner page 26
Kentucky Marriages 1785-1979 Film 339890 Batch M01638-0 Reference #56
http://genforum.genealogy.com/patrick/messages/2503.html
Mary (Polly) Patrick
Born 21 Feb 1788 Mecklenburg, Virginia
Married Terry Tarrants 1806 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Note:  Her name is given as Polly in the marriage record
Children: John, Sally, Nancy, Leonard, James, William, Terry
Died 23 Dec 1853 Warren County, Kentucky
Sources
Kentucky Marriages 1785-1979 Film 339890 Batch M01638-1 pg 261 image 69
Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner page 27
http://genforum.genealogy.com/patrick/messages/2503.html
James Patrick
Born 1791 Mecklenburg, Virginia
Married Martha Elizabeth Lanier 20 Oct 1816 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Children:  George, Mary, Edwin, Lucy, Sarah, Martha, James, William
Sources
Kentucky Marriages 1785-1979 Film 339890 Batch M01638-0 Reference #56
Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner page 27
http://genforum.genealogy.com/patrick/messages/2503.html

Elizabeth Patrick tTaylor

*Elizabeth Patrick
Born 9 Dec 1793 Mecklenburg, Virginia
Married William Taylor 11 Mar 1811 Bowling Green, Warren,  Kentucky
Note:  Her name is Betsy in the record
Children John, Allen, Julia, Mary, Louisa, Elizabeth, Sarah, Joseph, Pleasant (Green), William, Levi, Nancy, Amanda, James
Died 25 Oct 1880 Harrisville, Weber, Utah
Buried 27 Oct 1880 Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah
Sources
Book: Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner page 27-29
For an excellent biography of her life please click on this link: http://www.taylorassociation.org/biographies/Biography.asp?ID=104&Char=P

Kentucky Marriages 1785-1979 Film 339890 Batch M01638 page 262 image 69

Nancy Patrick
Born 1795 Mecklenburg, Virginia
Married: Levi Turner 10 Jan 1820
Died Nov 1833
Sources
Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner page 29
http://genforum.genealogy.com/patrick/messages/2503.html

Wiley Jones Patrick Sr. Headstone

Wiley Jones Patrick
Born 4 Mar 1802 Warren, Kentucky
Married 1) Rayanna (Rosa) Cox 11 Apr 1818 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Enlisted in US Army at age 24 on 5 May 1825 in Natchez, Mississippi
2) Margaret S Reynolds 10 Jan 1829 Baltimore, Maryland
Note:  Met Margaret while he was serving in the army in Maryland
Children:  John, Allen, Jeff, Green, Jane, James, Wiley, Nancy
Moved west in 1830 and settled in Macon County, Missouri
Died Mar 1851 Kinderhook, Pike, Illinois
Buried:  Kinderhook Cemetery, Kinderhook, Pike, Illinois
Note:  he was living on the opposite side of the Mississippi River when he died, perhaps to protect his family from the smallpox epidemic of 1850-51
Sources
Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner page 29
Registers of Enlistments in the US Army 1798-1914 Volume 37 page 150
Note:  middle initial extracted as I instead of J
Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5004446/wiley-jones-patrick
1820 US Census for Warren, Kentucky page 62
1840 US Census for Middlefork, Mason, Missouri page 7
Marriage to Rayanna: Kentucky Marriages 1785-1979 Film 339890 Batch M016380 Reference #56
http://genforum.genealogy.com/patrick/messages/2503.html
Info on children and his military/marriage to Margaret: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/a/r/Lydia-A-Parker-LaVergne/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1003.html
Allen J Patrick
Born 1804 Warren, Kentucky   
Married Lucinda Mitchell 15 Dec 1822 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Note: her surname is spelled Michel in record
Sources
Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner page 29
Kentucky Marriages 1785-1979 Film 339890 Batch M01638 Reference #57
http://genforum.genealogy.com/patrick/messages/2503.html
Ludson Green Patrick
Born 18 Jul 1805 Warren, Kentucky
Married Magdalena (Lana) Bellar 28 Mar 1824 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Note:  Her surname spelled Beller in record
Children:  Eli, Nancy, John, William, Eliza, James, Mary, Sarah
Died 1878 Monroe, Missouri
Life History note: Ludson was granted land patents in 1836 and 1837 for acreage in Monroe County, Missouri
Sources
Coneto Creek Taylors by Jesse L Warner page 29
1830 US Census for Kentucky Warren, Kentucky page 69
1850 US Census for Monroe, Missouri (age 45 - it also listed all of the above children)
Note:  Also had a young man, Alexander Morley, age 22, living with them during the census time.  Marriage:  Kentucky Marriages 1785-1979 Film 339890 Batch M01638 Reference #57
http://genforum.genealogy.com/patrick/messages/2503.html

Joseph Stringer 1742 - Hannah (Ann) Pikersgill (Pickersgill)

Joseph Stringer
Birth 27 Oct 1742 Hamstall Ridware, Stafford, England
Parents: William Stringer and Mary Vickers
Married Ann Pickasgill 21 Jan 1764 Hamstall Ridware, Stafford, England
Source
Christening: IGI Film 0432127 Batch P010601 1598-1812
Marriage: IGI Film 0432127 Batch M010601 1598-1812
Christening: Online Book: Hamstall Ridware Parish Register page 81, 103
Hannah (Ann) Pikersgill (Pickasgill)
Christening 21 Aug 1748 Mavesyn Ridware, Stafford, England
Parents: John Pikersgill and Hannah (no surname given)
Source
Christening: IGI Film 0421573 Batch C104102 dated 1663- 1812
Ancestral file

CHILDREN

William Stringer
Christening 2 Dec 1764 Hamstall Ridware, Stafford, England
Married Charlotte Waltham 7 Aug 1791 Hamstall Ridware, Stafford, England
Children:  Thomas, Hannah, Mary, Ann, Margaret, Joseph, Sarah, Charlotte, Elizabeth, Jane
Sources
England Marriages 1538-1973 Batch M01060-1 Film 426552
Online Book: Hamstall Ridware Parish Register page 107
Mary Stringer
Born Abt 1767 Hamstall Ridware, Stafford, England
Burial 25 Mar 1769
Sources
Burial: Online Book: Hamstall Ridware Parish Register page 99
*Thomas Stringer
Christening 30 Apr 1769 Hamstall Ridware, Stafford, England
Married Sarah Morris 20 Jan 1793 St Mowdens, Burton Upon Trent, Stafford, England
Children:  Thomas, Benjamin, William, Joseph, David, Noah
Death 30 Dec 1840 Burton Upon Trent, Stafford, England
Sources
Online Book: Hamstall Ridware Parish Register page 93
Christening: IGI Film 0432127 Batch P010601 1598-1812
John Stringer
Christening 9 Oct 1774 Hamstall Ridware, Stafford, England
Burial 23 Sep 1801 Hamstall Ridware, Stafford, England (age 27)
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0432127 Batch P010601 1598-1812
Online Book: Hamstall Ridware Parish Register page 94
Joseph Stringer
Christening 15 Dec 1776 Hamstall Ridware, Stafford, England
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0432127 Batch P010601 1598-1812
Online Book: Hamstall Ridware Parish Register page 95
Mary Stringer
Christening 27 Jun 1779 Hamstall Ridware, Stafford, England
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0432127 Batch P010601 1598-1812
Online Book: Hamstall Ridware Parish Register page 97

Richard Cosnight 1702 Mary Hopkins 1713

St Andrew Pershore Abbey

Richard Cosnight
Christened 21 Oct 1702 St Andrew, Pershore, Worcester, England
Parents: George Cosnight and Hannah (unknown surname)
Note: Surname is spelled Cossinett in record
Married: Mary Hopkins 8 Mar 1733 Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0098489 Batch P012441 dated 1609-1812


Mary Hopkins
Christened 17 Mar 1713 Condicote, Gloucester, England
Parents George Hopkins (no mother listed in record)
Possible burial: 29 May 1786 Worcester, Worcester, England
Note: listed as Mrs. Mary Cosnight - indicating she is a widow
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0425386 Batch C027632 dated 1610-1740
Burial: England Deaths and Burials 1538-1991 Film 325648 Batch I03883-3

CHILDREN

Children were christened in Tewkesbury Abbey in Gloucester

Hannah Cosnight
Christened 30 Apr 1733 Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England
Note: Surname is spelled Cosnet in record
Married John Turner 20 Oct 1753 Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England
Children:  Hannah
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0856917 Batch C054871 dated 1683-1778
Marriage: IGI Film 0586971Batch M054871 dated 1647-1754

*George Cosnight
Christened 26 May 1735 Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England
Note: Surname is spelled Cosnit in record
Married: Sarah abt 1751 England
Children:  Thomas, Mary, Sarah
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0856917 Batch C054871 dated 1683-1778

Richard Cosnight
Christened 12 Feb 1738 Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England
Note:  did not find his original records
Burial: 24 Apr 1738
Sources
Ancestral File

Mary Cosnight
Christened 4 Feb 1739 Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England
Note: Surname is spelled Cosnet in record
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0856917 Batch C054871 dated 1683-1778

8 years between Mary and her next sibling

Richard Cosnight
Christened 20 May 1747 Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England
Note:  did not find his original records
Married Elizabeth (unknown surname) abt 1770
Children: George, William
Possible Burial 5 Aug 1829 Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England
Sources
Burial: England Deaths and Burials 1538-1991 Film 856973 Batch I03122-4

12 years between Richard and his next sibling - I'm wondering if Elizabeth and Ann really belong to this family since the mother would be in her mid-forties when she had them (not impossible).  I can't assume just because they were christened on the same day, they are twins.

Elizabeth Cosnight
Christened 11 Nov 1759 Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England
Note: Surname is spelled Cosnett in record.
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0856917 Batch C054871 dated 1683-1778

Ann Cosnight
Christened 11 Nov 1759 Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England
Note: Surname is spelled Cosnett in record.
Married John Stone 28 Oct 1787 Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England
Children:  Ann, John
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0856917 Batch C054871 dated 1683-1778